WFHTODAY: September 2014

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Nissan LEAF Powers “Reverse Graffiti” Artist

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Rationalizing California's Residential Electricity Rates

#Energy California is talking seriously about changing the way utilities price electricity for residential customers. As a result of recent legislative actions, the CPUC now has some flexibility to modify the extreme increasing-block pricing schedules that were adopted after California’s 2000-01 electricity crisis.

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Northland Power's dividend question looms large - The Globe and Mail

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Northland Power's dividend question looms large

The Globe and Mail

One of Canada's oldest independent power companies is shifting its sights to European offshore wind projects, taking advantage of a rapidly expanding segment of the green power sector that is hungry for private investment. In 2013, Northland Power Inc.

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Correction: IEA unveils new PV roadmap

#Energy The International Energy Agency has unveiled a new roadmap for solar technologies. Compared to previous roadmaps, this latest scenario suggests almost twice as much electricity globally via PV.http://ift.tt/1pDUnkl http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

Nissan LEAF Powers “Reverse Graffiti” Artist

#Energy

Using a Nissan LEAF, the "reverse graffiti" artist known as Moose created a zero emissions mural of the iconic London skyline

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Microgrid Economics: It Takes a Village, a University, and a Ship

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As a businessman exploring investments, I need simple answers, however complicated the problem. I wish to know: Are microgrids economical? How much investment is needed and for what? What are the factors that principally affect profitability, within the system and in the environment? If microgrids are not profitable at the present, when will they be? I recognize that understanding microgrids as a system requires complicated mathematics and modeling. I’m sympathetic to and respect those who do that.http://ift.tt/1wUdLQ4 http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

Solar PV Installations Quintuple Across K-12 Schools

#Energy

Recent findings from The Solar Foundation (TSF) show an encouraging surge in the number of K-12 schools installing solar power to save money, reduce carbon emissions, and introduce a new generation of children to the very practical benefits of renewable energy.http://ift.tt/1qRquNX http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

It's Time to Abandon the Delusion of a Carbon Tax

#Energy At the United Nations last week, President Obama urged the nations of the world to follow our lead and begin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Still, even though the president is articulating a strong policy on climate change, he is being criticized because the U.S. is not willing to set a price on carbon.

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Trina Solar issues $100 million convertible notes

#Energy As part of the notes ofering, the Chinese PV group has agreed to lend American depository shares to o investors, who will be able to hedge their investment in the notes.http://ift.tt/ZnOe70 http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

Correction: IEA unveils new PV goals

Politics meets energy at N.H. summit - Eagle-Tribune

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Politics meets energy at N.H. summit

Eagle-Tribune

CONCORD — Political candidates who spoke at an energy forum Monday agreed with one lawmaker's apt summary that "price, price, price" is the top concern when it comes to electricity, but the solutions they offered varied in scope and specificity.

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A New Approach to Valuing the Benefits and Costs of Distributed Energy Resources

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Koch Brothers Step Aside: The $20 Billion Man Is In Town

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BMW Wallbox Pro Offers Three Hour Charge For i3 Owners

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Scots lost out in UK oil and gas endgame

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Solar mogul Cheng Kin Ming unveils massive, multifaceted clean energy initiative

#Energy Through Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment (APRD), Cheng has announced plans to deploy geothermal energy, electric vehicles, LEDs and energy storage on an unprecedented scale at an investment conference in New York. The plan involves ten companies, with a goal to create vertically integrated manufacturing and a focus on urban areas.http://ift.tt/1xwRdI2 http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

BMW Wallbox Pro Offers Three Hour Charge For i3 Owners

#Energy

Plugging in at home is one of the best qualities about owning an electric car, and the BMW Wallbox Pro will let i3 owners get an 80% charge in three hours

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FYI, Geothermal Industry: You’re Doing It Wrong

#Energy

For years the geothermal industry has relentlessly boasted that it is a baseload resource, meaning it provides stable power similar to a coal or natural gas plant, except without all of those pesky carbon emissions. While upfront costs to develop a plant are higher than other renewable sources, geothermal leaders say that this baseload aspect makes it a more attractive resource in the long run since the grid needs more stable power as increasing amounts of intermittent renewables enter the landscape.http://ift.tt/1vtCtGL http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

Koch Brothers Step Aside: The $20 Billion Man Is In Town

#Energy

A new Green Cities plan for 50 gigawatts of renewable energy over the next ten years is in the works, courtesy of solar's $20 billion man, Cheng Kin Ming

Koch Brothers Step Aside: The $20 Billion Man Is In Town was originally published on CleanTechnica.

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A New Approach to Valuing the Benefits and Costs of Distributed Energy Resources

#Energy For "Reforming the Energy Vision" (REV) program to be successful, utility regulators need a new framework for benefit-cost analysis (BCA) to accurately assess the full value of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and to compare it to traditional solutions.

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UC Davis, SunPower building 'largest solar power system' in University of California system

#Energy Upon project completion, one-third of total campus electricity demand will be served with carbon-neutral energy.http://ift.tt/1uyumuu http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

UN Climate Summit: Could Rising Seas and Coastal Flooding Give Rise to New Legal Category?

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DONG Energy’s 258 MW Extension To Burbo Bank Wind Farm Given Go Ahead

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National Drive Electric Week Event In Las Vegas

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IEA unveils new PV goals: correction

#Energy The International Energy Agency has unveiled a new roadmap for solar technologies. Compared to previous roadmaps, this latest scenario suggests twice as much electricity globally via PV.http://ift.tt/1uZIPfI http://bit.ly/15KdByZ

UN Climate Summit: Could Rising Seas and Coastal Flooding Give Rise to New Legal Category?

#Energy Rising sea levels could potentially have the most devastating impact on small island states such as the Maldives. These small island states are already negatively impacted and can be expected to be the worst hit by continued rising sea levels – potentially even losing their entire state’s territory to the ocean.

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DONG Energy’s 258 MW Extension To Burbo Bank Wind Farm Given Go Ahead

#Energy

The proposed 258 MW extension to the Burbo Bank offshore wind farm that was recently put forward by developer DONG Energy has been given the go ahead by authorities, according to recent reports. Once completed, that will increase the total capacity of the offshore wind farm located in Liverpool Bay up to 348 MW. DONG

DONG Energy’s 258 MW Extension To Burbo Bank Wind Farm Given Go Ahead was originally published on CleanTechnica.

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